paternalism

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pa·ter·nal·is·m /pəˈtɜːnəl-ɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]  PGSSOwhen people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility 家长式统治[管理] —paternalistic /pəˌtɜːnəlˈɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ (also paternalist /pəˈtɜːnəlɪst $ -ɜːr-/) adjective

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paternalism• They smacked of mutton-chop whiskers and paternalism.• If the philosophical basis for these inroads into the general principle is paternalism, what legal bases or justifications are there?• Yet, when we dig a little deeper, we find simply another style of moral paternalism lies buried beneath the surface.• The birth of commercial television in the early fifties was a victory for money over breeding, of corporate power over paternalism.• Economists rarely subscribe to the value judgement of whole-scale paternalism.• His lack of charisma and often unhappy persona will contrast sharply with Mandela's awesome humility, humour and stern paternalism.• Not only did these men share the hardships of combat, their very survival imbued many with a pre-disposition to paternalism.• The world was less kind to Storni, for whom paternalism provided no protection.

pa·ter·nal·is·m nounChineseSyllable  

of charge society organization or people when the Corpus protect in an

paternalism
pa‧ter‧nal‧is‧m /pəˈtɜːnəl-ɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]
when people in charge of an organization or society protect the members and give them what they need but do not allow them any freedom or responsibility
—paternalistic /pəˌtɜːnəlˈɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ (also paternalist /pəˈtɜːnələst, pəˈtɜːnəlɪst $ -ɜːr-/) adjective

pa·ter·nal·ismBrE /pəˈtɜːnəlɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /pəˈtɜːrnəlɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (sometimes disapproving) the system in which a government or an employer protects the people who are governed or employed by providing them with what they need, but does not give them any responsibility or freedom of choice 家长作风；家长式管理；专制▸ pa·ter·nal·is·tic BrE /pəˌtɜːnəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /pəˌtɜːrnəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊 (also pa·ter·nal·ist) adjective◆a paternalistic employer家长式雇主